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Operations and Supply Chain Terms


Operations concepts, definitions and terms are covered in this Operations & SCM Dictionary. Operations & supplychain terms glossary covers concepts, definitions & tutorials related to SCM, inventory, logistics, warehousing, procurement, distribution and more.

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11 Activity Analysis 11614
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14895
13 Actual Demand 11297
14 Aggregate Planning 12344
15 Air Cargo 10245
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6749
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 35012
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15423
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19437
20 Assembly Line 22790
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 23133
22 Average Speed of Answer 26664
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23354
24 Batch Production 38717
25 Bill Discounting 14698
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11381
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7250
28 Blanket Release 10139
29 Bonded Warehouse 10169
30 Booking Number 13995
31 Bottleneck 9677
32 Buffer Stock 59620
33 Build to Stock 13130
34 Bullwhip Effect 9819
35 Business Logistics 26002
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12684
37 Capacity Management 41044
38 Capacity Utilization 14265
39 Capital Intensive 8561
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8914
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12263
42 Certified Supplier 9052
43 Channel Effectiveness 9033
44 Co-Destiny 9416
45 Co-managed Inventory 12697
46 Co-Packers 11895
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6995
48 Computer-Based Training 7782
49 Consular Invoice 19984
50 Container Depot 10708
51 Container Freight Station 10360
52 Continuous Replenishment 19693
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12195
54 Contract Carrier 7385
55 Contract of Affreightment 11526
56 Control Charts 8047
57 Cost Flow 10391
58 Courier Service 15389
59 CPFR 8321
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11916
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44472
62 Date Code 18500
63 Days of Supply 19991
64 Dead on Arrival 9473
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7407
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8233
67 Detective Control 9025
68 Devanning 14327
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11091
70 Dispatching 24767
71 Distributed Inventory 8456
72 Distribution Channel Management 35094
73 Distribution Metrics 9292
74 Distribution Planning 24356
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15392
76 Double Marginalization 52982
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22538
78 Dual 5511
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20745
80 Echelon Inventory 26392
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38420
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50111
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7720
84 Efficient Frontier 25694
85 Engineer-to-Order 31946
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16758
87 Erlang B Formula 9458
88 ETD 8428
89 Ex Works 7920
90 Exception Rate 13652
91 Exponential smoothing 9923
92 External Growth 10205
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9631
94 Field Services 7814
95 Field Warehouse 10913
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8944
97 Fishbone Diagram 14739
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27288
99 Flow Through Distribution 12451
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8305
101 FOB Destination 13193
102 Forward buying 30388
103 Freight Charge 10510
104 Freight Consolidation 7614
105 Gantt Chart 8368
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11883
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29745
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12814
109 Hub 23593
110 Idle Time 8164
 
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